Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a brief item in the Milford Chronicle of October 2, 1885, five Asian men were held in the jail at Pierce City when citizens took them out and hanged them from trees. The names of the men are not given in the report. The report also does not say whether the jailers resisted the crowd, gave up keys, or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper report.